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Table 3 Demographic characteristics of evaluated cases (excluding cases for which outcomes were not declared)

From: Assessing the impact of TB/HIV services integration on TB treatment outcomes and their relevance in TB/HIV monitoring in Ghana

 

Frequency (%)

Before (%)

After (%)

RS

PIS

OSS

 

N = 708

N = 567

N = 616

N = 284

N = 375

Gender

     

Female

38.3

39.8

33.4

50.4

39.7

Male

61.7

60.2

66.6

49.6

60.3

Age

     

Mean (SD)

40.5 (18.0)

41.8 (18.4)

41.8 (18.5)

38.0 (17.5)

42.2 (18.0)

Median (IQR)

40 (22)

39 (24)

41 (25)

37 (20)

40 (24)

Range

1 - 97

2 - 105

1 - 97

1 - 86

1 - 105

Site of Disease

     

Pulmonary

92.7

88.5

88.3

90.1

95.9

Extra-pulmonary

7.3

11.5

11.7

9.9

4.5

Sputum at month 0

     

Positive

49.3

51.7

51.3

42.9

53.7

Negative

32.2

47.0

31.4

46.4

44.6

Not recorded

18.5

1.3

17.3

10.7

1.7

Patient Type

     

New

88.3

90.5

86.0

89.2

94.7

Defaulter

4.7

1.4

4.4

4.7

0.3

Failure

0.6

3.5

2.8

0.0

1.9

Relapse

5.6

4.1

5.7

5.8

2.9

Transferred in

0.7

0.5

1.0

0.4

0.3

  1. Legend: SD - Standard deviation, IQR - Interquartile range.